KJV King James Version
Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 20:1
Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
WEB World English Bible
Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
ASV American Standard Version
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Wine is a scorner—strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 20
1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
3 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
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Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Hosea 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.Isaiah 28:7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.Proverbs 31:4[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:1 Corinthians 6:10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.Habakkuk 2:15-16Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!2 Samuel 11:13And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.Isaiah 5:22Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:Proverbs 23:29-35Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?Genesis 19:31-36And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:Hosea 7:5In the day of our king the princes have made [him] sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.Isaiah 56:12Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.1 Samuel 25:36-38And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.Genesis 9:21-23And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.1 Kings 20:16-21And they went out at noon. But Benhadad [was] drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
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